A few weeks ago, I made yet another excursion to Indy for HorrorHound Weekend. This time, however, I refrained from dancing around tables like a schoolgirl and running away from Tom Savini. (I still didn’t approach Tom Savini, but the man had a whip and was not ashamed to crack it about. Scary.) I tried to get a peek at “Eskalofrio” (“Shiver”), but watching a subtitled flick in non-stadium seating is..well…difficult to say the least. My three years of high school Spanish only gets me so far.
So other than “famous” folks and movie screenings, the big draw to the HorrorHound Convention is the vendors. The vendors vary from collectible items to bootlegs to art work. As Takashi Miike said in “Hostel”- “you could spend all your money in there”. Both of my trips to Horrorhound have resulted in my spending way more than I budgeted. But hey, got some cool swagger out of it. Which brings me to my first highlight of the trip. I enjoy art that has a sort of oddity to it, which is why I found Dirk Strangely’s art quite fascinating. I had passed his table several times and decided I was going to get a print, but didn’t know which one. My husband decided on his “Hillside Cannibal” print. As we went to purchase the print, Dirk was working on a watercolor which he gave to us after he finished. Plus, he signed and personalized the Cannibal print. Very cool, indeed.
Check out his site : http://www.dirkstrangely.com/